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  "title": "The Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "short_title": "Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) 1999",
  "long_title": "These Regulations make provision for the procedure to be followed in proceedings before a Child Support Commissioner under the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991. These Regulations revoke the Child Support Commissioners (Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 and amending instruments and are necessary as a result of the introduction of the unified appeals tribunals established under the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.",
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